Konami issued a press release today and announced that started selling Powerful Pro Yakyu 2013 World Baseball Classic through the App Store (iPhone4 or better, iOS5 and up) and Google Play (Android OS 2.3.8 and up) in Japan on Tuesday. The game will also be released in North America, Korea, and Taiwan (in that order).

Randy Bass will be appearing in an Owners League TV commercial that will be shown in the Kanto and Kansai regions, beginning on 9/10 (two spots, one 15 seconds long and the other 30 seconds long). Bass, and 5 other foreign players that made their mark in the NPB, will be included in the 3rd set of Owners League cards, set to hit store shelves on 9/16.

The Pro Yakyu Spirits 2011 website went online on February 1st. The PS3 and PSP version are currently scheduled to arrive on store shelves on 3/24. A Nintendo 3DS version is also in the works and will be released sometime during the Spring.

Sega is looking for about 5,000 BETA testers for their upcoming MLB Manager Online game. Interested gamers can click into their site and apply to become a BETA tester. The application period runs between 12/14 and 12/27. The BETA test will take place between 1/7/2011 and 2/4/2011.

Yusei Kikuchiwill be in the latest installment of Pro Yakyu Spirits 2010 (PS3, PS2, PSP). And it seems the Kikuchi in the game tops out at 155km/h and has a fastball that's rated a C. Yu Darvish's player debuted with a fastball that was rated a D and topped out at 150km/h in 2005; and Masahiro Tanaka topped out with an E rated 150km/h fastball in 2007.